Hammock



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

( WILLIAM HINES, OF MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,944, dated July 25,1893.

Application tiled March 31, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H1NEs,a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHammocks; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view oi' the ham- Ymock and its suspensiondevices, partly broken away at one end. Fig. 2 is an enlarged partialplan view, and Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the suspension devices.

This invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements inhammocks, and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination ofparts as hereinafter specified.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body portionof the hammock, which consists of any suitable fabric, preferablysomewhat closely woven.

B, B are the cords, which are brought together in the usual manner andare drawn through a slot d in the end rings D and securely knotted. Therings D are each formed at their opposite ends with a loop CZ in whichis a downwardly turned hook F, to which the bitching ropes C areconnected. The ropes are each double, engaging the hook F with a loop atone end. One portion of each runs through a loop f in the bracket orcasting H, thence down through a small ring I connected to one end ofthe rope, then back to the bracket H, and secured thereto in a SerialNo. 427,218. (No model.)

second loop g. By this connection it Will be seen that by pulling on thering I, the ropes G may be shortened or lengthened as maybe desired, toraise or lower the hammock, avoiding the necessity of untyingordisconnecting the ropes.

K, K, are the spreaders.

The bracket or casting H may be secured to the support by screws or byother suitable means.

By the above construction, the cords are so arranged that they drawevenly upon the-hammock at all points, without twisting or binding, andthereby causing the hammock to twist or roll in the objectionable mannercommonly experienced in devices ot' this kind. The hammock is alsodurable and strong, there being no danger of the bitching ropes slippingor becoming disconnected.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent isl In a hammock, the suspension devices, comprising therings D, having the openings d for the suspension cords, the loops d andthe hook F turned downwardly into saidl loops, the brackets H having theupper and lower loops, and the suspension ropes secured at one end tothe upper of said loops, a ring I through which said rope is passed, andfrom thence passing loosely through the lower of said eyes, thenceloosely around said hook F, and thence secured to saidring,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM HINES.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. BURTON, ARTHUR B. CALEF, J r.

